MEDIUM
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0
Published Jan 4, 2006
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.39% 0.00389
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00389
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 30.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 29.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 13.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/22211 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18284 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/22211 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 4, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2006
Link CVE-2006-0071
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a